By Suzanne Vuch The Faculty of Education’s Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) was launched in 2002 as part of a strategy to increase the number of First Nations, Métis and Inuit teachers and school personnel in Alberta. It is a collaborative off-campus program that allows students to complete a UAlberta degree at a local college →

By Suzanne Vuch A Faculty of Education professor whose work focuses on reading development from a cross-linguistic perspective has been awarded the Richard E. Snow Award for Early Career Contributions in the field of educational psychology. Dr. George K. Georgiou recently received the award from the American Psychological Association. The award is given to an →

By Isabela C. Varela Award-winning University of Alberta professor Toni Samek has been named the new Chair of the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) in the Faculty of Education and will assume the leadership role beginning July 1, 2015. Professor Samek, who joined SLIS in 1994, has received a number of awards recognizing →

The Faculty of Education magazine is getting a new name and a fresh look, and we need your help! Send us your brightest ideas for a magazine title that captures the spirit of our faculty–one that’s committed to discovery, inquiry, diversity, and the dissemination of knowledge about teaching and learning. If one of your suggestions →

Faculty of Education The days of teachers standing in front of chalkboards and using overhead projectors are long gone. Today’s educators are often on the cutting edge of new technology that can be used to enhance students’ learning of everything from English language arts to programming logic. On November 18, 2014, the Faculty of Education →

Gwen Molnar, BEd ’49, has enjoyed exceptional success in recent years with the publication of several works of poetry for children, teen mysteries and, most recently, a book about Edmonton history. Published in October 2014, At Home in Old Strathcona (Dempster + Craig Books) is an account of her family’s 120-year history of living in →

By Caroline Barlott Katrina Kully-Martens was working as a research assistant studying educational psychology in relation to children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and she was excited to share her experience with others. But when she spoke about her work, the response was often the same. “I talked to people of all kinds, from →

By Candace Korchinsky Mary Pinkoski and Minister Faust are more than writers. They’re also teachers and literary ambassadors. She’s the City of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate. He’s the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Alberta. Both are Education alumni who have found success in Edmonton’s arts community, and each one holds a unique literary position with a →